EP 1709474 A1 20061011 - APPARATUS AND METHODS RELATING TO COLOR IMAGING ENDOSCOPE SYSTEMS
Title (en)
APPARATUS AND METHODS RELATING TO COLOR IMAGING ENDOSCOPE SYSTEMS
Title (de)
VORRICHTUNGEN UND VERFAHREN IN BEZUG AUF FARBABBILDUNGS-ENDOSKOPSYSTEME
Title (fr)
APPAREIL ET PROCEDES RELATIFS A DES SYSTEMES ENDOSCOPES A IMAGERIE COULEUR
Publication
Application
Priority
- CA 2004001748 W 20040927
- US 50626403 P 20030926
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO2005031433A1] Color endoscopes, light sources and endoscopy systems, etc., that have good dynamic range and/or resolution while reducing the size and cost of the endoscopes. The endoscopes achieve this, in part, by using a black and white (grayscale or monochromatic) sensor at the tip of the endoscope instead of a color sensor. The endoscope uses a light system that precisely and specifically illuminates the tissue one color at time, captures the image in grayscale, then uses a computer to associate the image with the color. Certain aspects of the invention apply to imaging systems in addition to endoscopes.
IPC 8 full level
G02B 23/00 (2006.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
A61B 1/00186 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 1/043 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 1/0638 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 1/0655 (2022.02 - EP); G02B 23/2423 (2013.01 - EP US); G02B 23/2446 (2013.01 - EP US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 2005031433 A1 20050407; CA 2581656 A1 20050407; EP 1709474 A1 20061011; EP 1709474 A4 20100106; JP 2007506485 A 20070322; US 2005234302 A1 20051020; US 2009012361 A1 20090108
DOCDB simple family (application)
CA 2004001748 W 20040927; CA 2581656 A 20040927; EP 04786667 A 20040927; JP 2006527248 A 20040927; US 7249308 A 20080225; US 95143904 A 20040927